Experience

Fleet Oil Ltd
• United Kingdom
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Production Chemist

  • Jul 2021 - Present

Eunisell Limited
• United Kingdom
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Technical Manager

  • Nov 2020 - Jun 2021


Baker Hughes

• Norway
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Chemist

  • Sep 2019 - Nov 2020

• Production Chemist

  • Sep 2019 - Aug 2020

  Providing technical support and experience to the new heavy oil project in the UK North Sea on the Mariner.


Self-employed
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Production Chemist

  • Sep 2019 - Nov 2020


Petrofac

• United Kingdom
• Engineering Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Laboratory Instructor

  • Feb 2018 - Jul 2019

  Developing training material and teaching crude oil treatment, gas treatment and water treatment to new recruits, confirmed operators and supervisors. Developing training material and teaching laboratory staff, laboratory supervisors and chemists. Developing procedures for laboratory testing, analyses and instruments. Update all laboratory HS&E procedures and advise on compliance of laboratory management. Developing training material and teaching crude oil treatment, gas treatment and water treatment to new recruits, confirmed operators and supervisors. Developing training material and teaching laboratory staff, laboratory supervisors and chemists. Developing procedures for laboratory testing, analyses and instruments. Update all laboratory HS&E procedures and advise on compliance of laboratory management.



Baker Hughes, a GE company

• Australia
• Machinery
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Chemist

  • Oct 2017 - Feb 2018

  Technical Support for new FPSO start-up. Involved in commissioning a variety of plant, process and equipment. Achievements - • Involved in oil, gas and water process optimization after start-up. • Conducted oil and water wells optimization programme. • Commissioned fiscal metering system for first oil. • Commissioned on-board laboratory equipment and instruments. • Commissioned on-site analysers. Technical Support for new FPSO start-up. Involved in commissioning a variety of plant, process and equipment. Achievements - • Involved in oil, gas and water process optimization after start-up. • Conducted oil and water wells optimization programme. • Commissioned fiscal metering system for first oil. • Commissioned on-board laboratory equipment and instruments. • Commissioned on-site analysers.



Naoraa Services Ltd

• Retail Office Equipment

• Managing Director

  • Jul 2016 - Feb 2018

  Managing Director of Naoraa Services Ltd with 20 years’ experience in upstream chemical applications and management in the oil and gas industry. Available for contracting, temporary and permanent positions. Conducted consultancy roles in water injection projects, demulsifier and other chemical trials, scale squeeze programmes, squirt tests and biocide treatments. Previous Project/Account Manager for global chemical company on the world’s 2nd largest producing oilfield. Focal point for daily/weekly meetings with client management teams. Author of daily/weekly/monthly reports and updates. Responsible for team co-ordination to meet customer KPIs and targets. Over 2 years’ experience in a hostile environment. Driven to improve sales with existing customers through value-added suggestions. Implemented robust Health & Safety system in culture unfamiliar with the practice. Show less



Tullow Oil

• United Kingdom
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Support Specialist

  • Oct 2016 - Mar 2017

  Technical support for start-up of Amosing 3 water injection project. Ensured injection water utilised was of correct specification. Ensured equipment met the necessary standard for high pressure steam-flood injection. Achievements - • Appraised steam-flood plant for task suitability and advised for replacement of all inadequate equipment. • Start-up surface water treatment and chemical injection optimization. • Trained operators and chemists in procedures, laboratory analyses and HS&E expectations. Show less



Nalco Champion

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Account Project Manager

  • Feb 2014 - May 2016

  Supplying technical support and oilfield chemicals to the joint venture partnership of BP, Petro-China and the Iraqi state-owned, Southern Oil Company in the Rumaila field, Southern Iraq. Providing technical solutions in line with operating ageing plant and process in a hostile environment. Achievements - • Project managed new contract from initial start-up period through to hand-over to local department staff. • Developed plant optimization strategy and chemical management system to reduce operational costs. • Implemented new Health & Safety system in culture unfamiliar with the practice which was then used as benchmark for all other client contractors. Show less



Wood Group PSN

• Offshore Production Chemist

  • Jun 2012 - Feb 2014

  Monitored plant parameters to ensure maximum efficiency of crude oil separation, gas dehydration, produced water treatment and filtration systems for water injection package. Focused on produced water process optimization. Responsible for all chemical treatment, stock control, laboratory data, reports and KPIs. Seconded onshore to assist Production Chemist during extended shut-down of Tartan Alpha platform. Projects included review and update laboratory procedures, upgrading of topside chemical injection package. Achievements - • Improved produced water quality. • Improved topside crude oil treatment. • Developed upgrade of topside chemical injection package which lowered operational chemical costs by >15%, improving logistical efficiency and man-hours. • Initiated HS&E improvements to chemical handling methods offshore, reducing exposure to hazardous substances, lowering the number of chemical related incidents. • Qualified as Offshore Emergency Response Team Member. Show less



Intertek

• United Kingdom
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Offshore Chemist

  • Mar 2012 - Jun 2012

  Visiting offshore installations to undertake all types of chemical applications and technical support roles. Visiting offshore installations to undertake all types of chemical applications and technical support roles.



Oleochem International Services Ltd

• Production Chemist Offshore

  • Mar 1998 - Dec 2011

  Responsible for optimum chemical injection, (both subsea and topside), and daily running of offshore laboratory. Training of personnel in various analytical methods where and when required.

• Offshore Production Chemist

  • Oct 2001 - Jan 2011

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• Production Chemist

  • Mar 1998 - Mar 2000

  Off-shore)Duties: To ensure all chemical injections are of the correct concentration and location within crude oil preparation process. Sampling and data collection on oil, produced waters and gas systems, prior to export to mainland. Maintenance and calibration of coulometers, densitomiters, particle counters and gas chromatograph.



BP Oil Refinery

• Spain
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lab Technician

  • Mar 2001 - Oct 2001

  Quality testing of all grades of polyethylene from plant. Including melt indexes, density determinations and XRF checks for any impurities Quality testing of all grades of polyethylene from plant. Including melt indexes, density determinations and XRF checks for any impurities



Halliburton

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Surface Data Logging Engineer

  • Sep 1997 - Feb 1998

  Sample collection, preparation and analysis. Safety monitoring of drill bit parameters and environment (e.g. RPM and torque, gas levels - hydrocarbons and H2 S). Drilling log compilation. Gas chromatograph calibrations. Sample collection, preparation and analysis. Safety monitoring of drill bit parameters and environment (e.g. RPM and torque, gas levels - hydrocarbons and H2 S). Drilling log compilation. Gas chromatograph calibrations.


Crathie Medical Supplies
• Graduate Trainee

  • Jun 1996 - Mar 1997

University of Aberdeen
• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• Research Assistant

  • Feb 1996 - Jun 1996
• Research Assistant

  • Jun 1993 - Aug 1993